Aeronca 15AC N1135H

Summary

On 6 August 1987 at about 20:10 local time, a Aeronca 15AC registered N1135H, operated by Young & Rich Auto Sales, was involved in an accident near St Bonifacius, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 August 1987 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

St Bonifacius, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

44.9006, -93.7397

Aircraft

Aeronca 15AC

Registration

N1135H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Young & Rich Auto Sales

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marshfield → Minneapolis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87LA189

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE ACFT & HAD OBTAINED A FERRY PERMIT TO FLY IT TO ANOTHER ARPT. HE REACHED THE VICINITY OF THE DESTN & CALLED THE TOWER, BUT DID NOT SEE THE ARPT. APRX 15 MIN LATER, WHEN HE WAS SURE HE HAD PASSED THE ARPT, HE MADE A 180 DEG TURN TO START BACK. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. HE INITIATED AN EMERG LANDING ON A ROAD, BUT A TRACTOR WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE ROADWAY AHEAD, SO HE MANEUVERED TO LAND IN A FIELD. WITH VERY LITTLE ALT TO MANEUVER, HE SAW A POWER LINE AHEAD & TRIED TO CROSS UNDER IT. HOWEVER, THE TAIL OF THE ACFT CONTACTED THE LOWEST CABLE, THEN THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN & IMPACTED THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.